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Author Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Title A general history of the pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time [microform] : with the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny, to which is added a short abstract of the statute and civil law, in relation to pyracy.

Imprint London : T. Warner, 1724.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of American Civilization Microfiche Cabinets  LAC 14084    ---  Available
Edition 2d ed., with considerable additions / By Captain Charles Johnson.
Description 427 p.
Series Library of American civilization ; LAC 14084
Note Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. Cf. J.H. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. Bloomington, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188.
First ed. was printed for C. Rivington in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates ... By Captain Charles Johnson.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 14084)
Subject Pirates.
Added Author Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1736.

 
    
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